Reviews Reviews Identity Politics

Review: From soil to God

Chris Wilson bares the dynamics of conflict behind the violence in North Maluku

Perempuan Papua

Review: Petrus Tegeke presents a detailed account of the position of women in West Papua

Who’s to blame for Papua’s tragedy?

Review: Dutch decision in 1949 had huge consequences

Review: Bali’s silent crisis

A new book seeks to understand the contradictions and challenges facing contemporary Balinese

Review: The politics of the periphery

This edited volume is not just another book on local politics

Review: Telling a new story of the Indonesian past

Stephen Druce’s new book unveils the Ajattappareng kingdoms of South Sulawesi

Review: Social Science and Power in Indonesia

Social Science and Power in Indonesia is a detailed account of the current state of the social sciences both within and outside academic circles

Review: Workers and intellectuals

Michele Ford presents a soul-searching study of the Indonesian labour movement and the intellectuals who have supported it

Review: Written in an accessible style and admirably free of jargon, Women and Work in Indonesia is a valuable resource for understanding how work shapes the identities and lived experiences of specific sets of women in Indonesia

BitterSweet

Review: Stuart Pearson’s new book offers a rare glimpse into the life of a Chinese Indonesian family

Listening to Papuan voices

Writing the history of the Act of Free Choice was a controversial endeavour

Watching Balibo in Jakarta

Packed screenings of the controversial film about the deaths of five Australian journalists in East Timor continue, despite an official ban

Review: Islam and nation

Review: Edward Aspinall’s ambitious study of the Acehnese rebellion provides valuable insights into this complex conflict

A shadow falls

Review: Andrew Beatty’s new book tells the story of his experiences in a Banyuwangi village

'When Love Glorifies God'

Islamic film is emerging as a new genre in the Indonesian film world

A man on a mission

From the highlands of Papua to exile in England, Benny Wenda is a leader of his people

Review: The Anxieties of Mobility

Migration and tourism in the Indonesian borderlands

An unsolved puzzle

Review: A new book on Christianity in Indonesia fails to throw light on the startling prominence of women in the church in Minahasa

Struggling to be young

Brotherhood among the poor urban youth of Jakarta

Aceh on a knife's edge

There are big dangers in declaring success too soon

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